Rajnikant wants a Thursday release for 'Kuselan'09th July 2008
11.00 IST
By Agencies

Reports are that the Rajnikant – Nayantara starrer Kuselan will hit the screens on July 31, making it a Thursday release, unusual, but considered as lucky by the Kollywood mega superstar.

Confirming this, producer PT Vijaykumar of Seven Arts said, “We have agreed on a July 31 release. We would like to stick to the deadline of July that we had mentioned earlier.”

Producer Pushpa Kandaswamy also added that they were eyeing on a Thursday release. “If the movie gets released on a Thursday, it gives us one more day to gauge the weekend collection. If it’s not July 31, then it will be August 1,” she said. Director K Balachandar had announced at a recent event that the movie would be an August release.

‘Kuselan’ features Pasupathy and Meena in the lead with Rajnikant doing an extended cameo, but it is believed that it is Rajnikant’s belief in Thursday as his lucky day that has affected the movie’s release date.

Many of the Superstar’s earlier movies, including ‘Raja Chinna Roja’, ‘Ejamaan’, ‘Uzhaippaali’, ‘Baatsha’, ‘Veera’, ‘Arunachalam’, Baba and Chandramukhi , were released on Thursday.

Shooting for the movie that began in early March was completed in 80 days. Currently in its re-recording stage, it was earlier announced that the movie would hit screens in July, with July 25 being the most probable date.

A remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbhol, it is directed by P Vasu. It is being said that Rajnikant appears for over an hour in the movie.